Using Ooredoo’s Cloud Voice & Collaboration Suite, customers will be able to deploy an “incredible” range of cutting-edge services, including immersive video conferencing, instant messaging and intelligent voicemail

Ooredoo has launched Cloud Voice & Collaboration Suite, a next generation voice telephony and collaboration platform for businesses.
Using the service, Ooredoo customers will be able to deploy an “incredible” range of cutting-edge services, including immersive video conferencing, instant messaging, intelligent voicemail, and much more, an Ooredoo statement said.
The suite is based on Cisco’s Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) and will change the way businesses communicate in Qatar by allowing them to expand their communications services with unrivalled on-demand scalability.
The service was designed using the latest technology so that businesses can get the most value from the company’s bigger, faster and better network.
Ooredoo chief operating officer (Qatar) Waleed Mohamed al-Sayed said, “Ooredoo is the preferred communication partner for companies in Qatar because we offer the best network and because we continue to introduce new services that anticipate our business customers’ needs.
“The new Ooredoo Cloud Voice & Collaboration Suite will enable businesses to communicate with offices in real-time around the world using the latest collaborative solutions, enabling them to supercharge their services and enhance their business offering.”
The Ooredoo service suite offers businesses collaborative technologies delivered as highly secure and reliable cloud services. As well as being able to share information and interact with customers, partners and colleagues in real time – saving on cost and travel time to meetings – the service makes it possible replace existing IP telephony platforms with a next-generation collaboration platform to offer enhanced features and better reliability.
The launch of the Cloud Voice & Collaboration Suite is the latest upgrade for Ooredoo’s business voice services and demonstrates the company’s commitment to providing the latest and best services for businesses in Qatar as part of their ‘better for business’ promise, the statement added.

QFC issues
consultation
paper on proposed amendments to arbitration regulations
The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority has issued a public consultation paper proposing refinements to the QFC Arbitration Regulations.
The changes were made following the review of the new draft Qatari Arbitration Law on civil and commercial matters and other regulations in leading legal jurisdictions, and are aimed at promoting the use of arbitration as a form of alternative dispute resolution in the QFC.
The paper sheds light on the enhanced proposals to the QFC Arbitration Regulations and aims at consulting with the wider business community.
The QFC Authority is committed to continually reviewing its legislative framework in order to allow new and existing QFC firms to benefit from a strong, transparent legal and regulatory environment, it said.
The proposed amendments are described in detail in the respective consultation paper and its appendix and are available on the QFC Legislation website for feedback purposes:
http://www.complinet.com/qfcra/display/display_main.html?rbid=1557&element_id=10412
These legislative enhancements are consistent with the QFC Law, the QFC Authority Regulations and the QFC Authority Governance Policy.